When Sorry Is Not Enough with Leslie Vernick (SEEN SERIES)
Episode 134
We are picking up right where we left off last week with Leslie Vernick. If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, you can find it here.
What if forgiveness didn’t mean stepping back into harm, and submission didn’t mean surrendering your safety? We tackle the most misunderstood truths about abusive dynamics, offering a clear path toward safety, integrity, and hope. On today’s episode, we walk through four essential questions to identify patterns of abuse, how escalation works when there are no consequences, and why boundaries are acts of love, not defiance.
The Emotionally Destructive Marriage
How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope
by Leslie Vernick
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The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope
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We Discuss:
• Four diagnostic questions to reveal patterns of harm
• Escalation, consequences, and why safety comes first
• Forgiveness versus reconciliation versus restored trust
• Standing firm when loved ones disapprove
• The role of community, lament, and support
• Biblical lens on submission, headship, and mutuality
• Identity as God’s daughters and image bearers
• Practical examples of loving boundaries and limits
More about Leslie:
Leslie Vernick is a popular speaker, author, counselor and relationship coach. She is the author of seven books, including the best selling, The Emotionally Destructive Relationship and her most recent The Emotionally Destructive Marriage.
Leslie has been a featured guest on Focus on the Family Radio, Family Life Today, New Life Radio and Television with Steve Arterburn, and Moody Mid-Day Connection.
Leslie has spoken nationally and internally in Cuba, Romania, Russia, the Philippines, Hungary, and Iraq.
In 2013, she received the American Association of Christian Counselors Caregiver Award.
Leslie’s heart is to equip and empower people to grow strong and be brave so that they can become all God calls them to become.
She’s been married to Howard for over 43 years and together they have two grown children and three grandchildren.
Connect with Leslie:
Website leslievernick.com
Podcast: https://leslievernick.podbean.com/
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